Learning / English Dictionary

IDLER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Person who does no work

Example:

a lazy bum

Synonyms:

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("idler" is a kind of...):

nonworker (a person who does nothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "idler"):

clock watcher (a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time)

couch potato (an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television))

dallier; dilly-dallier; dillydallier; lounger; mope (someone who wastes time)

dawdler; drone; laggard; lagger; poke; trailer (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)

daydreamer; woolgatherer (someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming)

goldbrick; good-for-naught; good-for-nothing; goof-off; ne'er-do-well; no-account (an idle worthless person)

lazybones (a lazy person)

lie-abed; slugabed (a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour)

loon (a worthless lazy fellow)

shirker; slacker (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))

slug; sluggard (an idle slothful person)

spiv (a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time)

sunbather (someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan)

trifler (one who behaves lightly or not seriously)

whittler (someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime))

Derivation:

idle (be idle; exist in a changeless situation)

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